Stephan Protschka | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Bundestag | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1977-11-08) 8 November 1977 |
| Party | AfD |
Stephan Protschka (born 8 November 1977) is a German politician. Born in Dingolfing, Bavaria, he is a member of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Stephan Protschka has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 2017.
Life
He became member of the bundestag after the 2017 German federal election.1 He is a member of the Committee for Food and Agriculture.2 In 2019 he was involved in controversy after funding and supporting a memorial in Poland honoring German soldiers in WWII and the Nazi paramilitary organization Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz. The construction of the memorial was partially initiated by the neo-Nazi organization Junge Nationalisten which is being monitored by the German intelligence services. Polish courts started an investigation against Protschka for supporting Nazism and defamation of victims of the Holocaust.34
In 2024, Protschka agreed to pay a 12,000 euro fine in exchange for prosecutors dropping charges related to his calling Bavarian state premier Markus Söder "a traitor to the country" and "Södolf" at a political event in 2023.5
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References
- "Stephan Protschka - AfD-Fraktion im deutschen Bundestag". www.afdbundestag.de (in German). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "German Bundestag - Food and Agriculture". German Bundestag. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- "AfD-Politiker und Neonazis stifteten offenbar Kriegsdenkmal in Polen". Der Tagesspiegel Online.
- Weiland, Severin (22 November 2019). "AfD und Gedenkstein: Polen lässt Aufstellung untersuchen". Der Spiegel.
- "German politician agrees to pay fine over insulting Bavarian leader". Yahoo News. DPA International. Retrieved 12 November 2024.